shafta

shafta [ME shaft < AS sceaft] 1 linear unit of land measure. 1331 de tofto et crofto ‥ et decem schaftis prati in Edlington et sex schaftis prati cum pertinenciis in P. (Lincs) ChartR 118 m. 5. 2 mine shaft. 1434 pro factura unius shaft infra campum de H. pro carbonibus ibidem lucrandis Ac. Durh. 711; 1443 pro operariis laborantibus in aqueductu et le dright cum thirlyng unius ~e Ib. 713; 1453 salvis nobis ‥ sex puteis alias vocatis ~is in mineris et [l. de] Bereferreris Pat 477 m. 6.

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